diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
index 90e7d52..da419bf 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-demo-workflow.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
       git config user.name username ;
       git commit -m demo ;
       while : ; do
-        git push --set-upstream --force http://root:{ROOT_PASSWORD}@forgejo:3000/root/test main && break ;
+        git push --set-upstream --force http://root:ROOT_PASSWORD@forgejo:3000/root/test main && break ;
         sleep 5 ;
       done ;
       sha=`git rev-parse HEAD` ;
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
index 21347cc..194fb5c 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose/compose-forgejo-and-runner.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # Replace ${RUNNER_TOKEN} with the token obtained from the Forgejo web interface.
 #
-# Replace {ROOT_PASSWORD} with a secure password.
+# Replace ROOT_PASSWORD with a secure password.
 #
 volumes:
   docker_certs:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ services:
       bash -c '
       /bin/s6-svscan /etc/s6 &
       sleep 10 ;
-      su -c "forgejo admin user create --admin --username root --password {ROOT_PASSWORD} --email root@example.com" git ;
+      su -c "forgejo admin user create --admin --username root --password ROOT_PASSWORD --email root@example.com" git ;
       su -c "forgejo forgejo-cli actions register --secret {SHARED_SECRET}" git ;
       sleep infinity
       '
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ services:
         DOCKER_HOST=tcp://docker:2376
         DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
         DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/certs/client # defaults to empty
+      RUNNER__RUNNER__LABELS: |
+        "docker:docker://code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm"
       
-      DEBUG: "true" # defaults to false, set to true to enable debug logging
+      DEBUG: "true" # defaults to false, set to true to enable debug logging in the entrypoint
       SKIP_WAIT: "false" # defaults to false, set to true to skip the 10 second wait to allow for forgejo and docker-in-docker to start